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Baltic Sea Island Bornholm Suffers Temporary Power Outage

Oct 10, 2022

A Danish Baltic Sea island suffered a temporary power blackout on Monday as a local grid fault caused the transformer feeding electricity from Sweden to shut down, Energinet and E.ON said.      Danish transmission system operator Energinet said…

UK: The Crown Estate Gives Update on Celtic Sea Floating Wind Seabed Leasing Process

Oct 10, 2022

The Crown Estate for England, Wales, and Northern Ireland has updated developers on the design of the tender process for seabed leasing for floating wind energy in the Celtic Sea. The Celtic Sea program is intended to provide 4GW of renewable energy capacity by 2035…

New Contracts, Jobs for Aberdeenshire-based Blaze

Oct 10, 2022

Aberdeenshire-based Blaze Manufacturing Solutions has announced major contracts and new jobs since introducing a redefined global business strategy.According to the company, following a major investment boost from Balmoral Group in 2019 the company has secured work from the nuclear…

i3 Energy's Serenity Appraisal Well Disappoints

Oct 10, 2022

i3 Energy has completed drilling operations on the Serenity appraisal well in the UK North Sea and said the results are disappointing.The 13/23c-12 Serenity appraisal well was drilled to a total vertical depth of 5,630 ft below sea level. The targeted Lower Cretaceous Captain sand…

Equinor's EVP Exploration and Production International to Resign

Oct 10, 2022

Al Cook, Equinor's executive vice president for Exploration and Production International, has informed the Norwegian energy giant that he will resign to become CEO of a company outside the energy industry.'To secure a good hand over to his successor…

Danish North Sea: Last Remaining Piece of Tyra II Puzzle Installed, TotalEnergies Says

Oct 10, 2022

French oil major TotalEnergies has completed the offshore installation works at the Tyra II field redevelopment project in the Danish North Sea.The Tyra field is the largest gas condensate field in the Danish Sector of the North Sea. Due to seabed subsidence…

US Navy Jet Flew Across Baltic Hours After Nord Stream Burst

Oct 07, 2022

A U.S. Navy reconnaissance aircraft flew near the site of the ruptured Nord Stream 2 pipeline in the Baltic Sea hours after the first damage emerged, according to tracking reviewed by Reuters, a flight Washington said was routine.Russia's Nord Stream 1 and 2 pipelines burst on Sept…

Neptune Energy to Keep Duva Field Gas Output Levels High Until 2022 End

Oct 07, 2022

Oil and gas company Neptune Energy said Thursday it would extend higher gas production from the Duva field in Norway, supplying enough gas to heat a further 550,000 UK households.In April, Norwegian authorities granted Neptune and the Duva license…

Cyprus in Renewed Push to Extract Offshore Gas as Shortages Loom in EU

Oct 07, 2022

Cyprus expects natural gas from its seas to become commercially available by 2027, its energy minister said on Friday, adding that Europe's energy crisis had put a renewed focus on how to expedite the development of reserves in the east Mediterranean…

BP Looks to North Sea, U.S. Shale for Near-term Oil and Gas Boost

Oct 07, 2022

BP is targeting the North Sea and U.S. shale basins to boost oil and gas supplies in the short term in response to the global energy crisis, its head of oil and gas operations told Reuters.BP aims to cut its oil and gas output by 40%, or 1 million barrels of oil equivalent per day (boed)…

Norway: Floatel's Accommodation Rig to Stay at Grane Offshore Site Until Year-end

Oct 07, 2022

Oslo-listed offshore accommodation rig provider Floatel International has secured a contract extension with Equinor for its Floatel Superior semi-submersible accommodation rig in the Norwegian part of the North Sea.As part of the Breidablikk project…

Safety Concerns: Norway Inspects Europipe II Subsea Gas Pipeline to Germany

Oct 07, 2022

Norway has deployed a specialist vessel to inspect a subsea gas pipeline to Germany because of safety concerns after suspected sabotage last month on two Nord Stream pipelines between Russia and Germany, according to sources and data.Norway…

Nord Stream Probe Finds Evidence of Detonations, Swedish Police Say

Oct 07, 2022

A crime scene investigation of the Nord Stream 1 and 2 gas pipelines from Russia to Europe found evidence of detonations, strengthening suspicions of 'gross sabotage', Sweden's Security Service said on Thursday. Swedish and Danish authorities have been investigating four leaks after the pipelines…

UK Launches Offshore Oil, Gas Licensing Round to Boost Domestic Supply

Oct 07, 2022

Britain on Friday launched its first oil and gas exploration licensing round since 2019 on Friday to try and boost domestic hydrocarbon output as Europe weans itself off Russian fuel.The British North Sea, home to the global Brent benchmark grade…

Nord Stream Gas 'Sabotage': Who's Being Blamed and Why?

Oct 06, 2022

Major leaks that suddenly erupted in the Nord Stream gas pipelines that run from Russia to Europe under the Baltic Sea have generated plenty of theories but few clear answers about who or what caused the damage.Here is what we know and what has been said so far:WHO IS BEING BLAMED…

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